The degradation rates of kidney rRNA labeled before UNI or sham are unchanged 5 days after the operations (t one-and-a half, 88 h). Therefore, there is no contribution from pre-existing rRNA to the increased amount of rRNA in the stimulated kidney. After labeling with L-(methyl-3H)methionine, the kinetics of incorporation into rRNA precursors, 10-60 min and at the postoperative times of 4, 16, ...

Our knowledge of the functions of metazoan ribosomal proteins in ribosome synthesis remains fragmentary. Using siRNAs, we show that knockdown of 31 of the 32 ribosomal proteins of the human 40S subunit (ribosomal protein of the small subunit [RPS]) strongly affects pre-ribosomal RNA (rRNA) processing, which often correlates with nucleolar chromatin disorganization. 16 RPSs are strictly required...

A discrete primary transcript of HeLa mitochondrial DNA containing 12 S rRNA, tRNAPhe, and 19 +/- 2 nucleotides upstream has been identified. The 5' ends of heavy strand encoded RNAs adjacent to the D-loop region of mitochondrial DNA were mapped by primer extension and S1 nuclease protection to a site 19 +/- 2 nucleotides upstream from the start of tRNAPhe. Hybridization of a tRNAPhe-specific p...

The hydrodynamic shape, conformation, and thermal stability of ribosomal16 S RNA in reconstitution buffer have been studied by sedimentation velocity, intrinsic viscosity, circular dichroism, and difference ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy. These results are compared with the corresponding properties of the 30 S ribosomal subunit in order to understand the role of the RNA molecule in the ass...

A 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe specific for the iron (Fe3+)- and manganese (Mn4+)-reducing bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens was constructed and tested in both laboratory- and field-based hybridization experiments. The radioactively labeled probe was used to detect S. putrefaciens in field samples collected from the water column and sediments of Oneida Lake in New York and its major ...

Ribosomal RNA undergoes various modifications to optimize ribosomal structure and expand the topological potential of RNA. The most common nucleotide modifications in ribosomal RNA (rRNA) are pseudouridylations and 2'-O methylations (Nm), performed by H/ACA box snoRNAs and C/D box snoRNAs, respectively. Furthermore, rRNAs of both ribosomal subunits also contain various base modifications, which...

Purified ribosomal DNA from Saccharomyces carlsbergensis contains a small proportion of circular DNA molecules with a contour length of 3 micron or integral multiples thereof. Hybridization of yeast ribosomal DNA with 26 S rRNA, using the R-loop technique, reveals that these circular molecules contain sequences complementary to yeast ribosomal RNA. We suggest that these extrachromosomal rRNA ge...